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The basic notions of analysis for R (= a complete ordered field) are :
R if:
> 0
N
N such that n > N
|an -
| <
.
Informally: thinking of the terms of the sequence as approximations to the limit, the approximation gets better as you go further down the sequence.
For such a sequence we write (an)
.
R if:
> 0
> 0 such that |p - x| <
|f(p) _ f(x)| <
.
Informally, points close enough to p are mapped close to f(p). By a continuous function we mean one which is continuous at all points where it is defined.
If you can draw the graph of a function, you should be able to spot whether it is continuous it will not, but functions defined in complicated ways this may be very hard to decide about.
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